[Forum] RE: Law-Enforcement Titles before a Name

Per 8.18 and 8.20, I would lowercase all of these. Here's what it states in 8.18: "Civil, military, religious, and professional titles are capitalized when they immediately precede a personal name and are thus used as part of the name ([b]typically replacing the title holder’s first name[/b]). Al

[Forum] RE: Law-Enforcement Titles before a Name

8.24 says that titles and ranks used in the police are treated the same way as military titles (detailed in 8.23). So yes, I would capitalize all of those.

[Forum] Podcast episode titles that are also titles of book

Hello, everyone. This is my first post in this forum. What would you all recommend in an instance where a series of podcasts is being done with each episode also being the name of a book? Would you italicize them, since they are book titles, or would you use Roman with quotation marks, since they ar

[Forum] RE: Podcast episode titles that are also titles of book

Thank you for the welcome! I'm thinking the context would usually be online either through a blog or an online list used on a marketing landing page. But it's possible that these titles will also be used in printed materials. Thanks again!

[Forum] Article in a play

CMOS okays dropping articles from book titles when they don't fit the context, but says nothing about play titles. I don't see why play titles are any more sacrosanct than book titles, and I want to drop an article. What sayest the forum?

[Forum] Project titles

Hi all, In our reports, we refer to the titles of ongoing projects. Should we enclose the titles of these projects in quotation marks, or italicize? 8.161 of the CMOS doesn't seem to provide specific guidance. Thank you for any feedback.

[Forum] RE: Ital or quotes for foreign song titles?

Did you solve this? The first example they give under song titles is a foreign title, which they treat like other song titles—roman, in quote marks. But they use sentence case, which they recommend for foreign titles, capitalizing only the first word and any proper names/nouns. Here is the link: ht

[Forum] RE: Capitalizing Titles After a Name

How these titles are capped depends on the house style of the company you are working for. Following CMOS, though, they should all be lowercase. Even "president," when referring to the president of the United States, is lowercased. See CMOS 8.18: Titles and offices—the general rule.

[Forum] RE: Translations of real titles within fictional texts

I concur with you, Steve. Book titles should be treated as book titles (that is, italicized), whether they're real or fictitious.

[Forum] Capitalizing the word "using" in a title

I've been editing a number of scientific research article titles, and keep bumping into the word "using." "Using" is not listed as a preposition on any of the posted grammar lists, but "using" seems to be used as if it were a preposition in scientific writing. I often see "using" used in the follo